Hi,
On 03/04/2012 19:38, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to install WxPerl 0.9701 under Windows using ppm?
The latest versions of WxPerl (0.9901) installed from WxPerl repository
doesn't work well with ActivePerl 5.10 because the multiline text fields
appear as password text fields, and I need to use ActivePerl 5.10.
This difference is almost certainly nothing to do with the wxPerl
version. It may be because of the wxWidgets version or build, I don't
know. Are you sure that it is password text? I'm thinking that maybe
there is a problem with multi-line text boxes + encoding handling so you
would get something character set dependent - on my machine that shows
as a lot of empty 'square' symbols.
I doubt that building Wx version 0.9701 will help. Could you let me know
the following and I'll see if I can repeat the problem:
ActivePerl build number ( 1002 / 1007 etc)
Windows version (XP, Vista, etc)
64 or 32 bit Windows
64 or 32 bit ActivePerl (you could have 32 bit AP on 64 bit machine)
I will not be building any new ppms for Perl 5.10 ( or 5.8 for that
matter ) as Perl 5.16 looms near and I think you may find it difficult
to source community supported ppms for Perl 5.10 in particular.
The latest version of WxPerl from ActiveState's repository (0.9904)
doesn't work at all with ActivePerl 5.10 because it appears a fatal
error window without any helpful message.
I didn't think there were any regularly updated community available
ActiveState repositories for Perl 5.10 ? Perhaps there are. I assume you
don't have Perl 5.10.0 - it is 5.10.1 you have? Either way, the two are
not compatible so be sure you are pointing at the right repository.
A recommendation for other Perl distribution is welcomed if they can be
used for creating Windows executables and COM components.
If you are interested in creating COM components, then I'm not aware of
any comparable solution to the PDK from ActiveState so you should stick
with that.
My advice, for what it is worth, is that you need to overcome whatever
it is stopping you using Perl 5.14 as using Perl 5.10 will present
greater and greater difficulties for you as time moves on.
Regards
Mark
